Notice catalographique « Guidelines on dealing with collections from colonial contexts = Guide pour le traitement des biens de collections issus de contextes coloniaux »

Foreword – A preliminary contribution to an essential discussion
1. Introduction – An interdisciplinary guide to active engagement
with collections from colonial contexts
2. Addressees and terminology
2.1 For whom are these guidelines intended?
2.2 What are historically and culturally sensitive objects?
2.3 What is the temporal and geographic scope of these guidelines?
2.4 What is meant by “colonial contexts”?
3. Categories of colonial contexts
Category 1: Objects from formal colonial rule contexts
Category 2: Objects from colonial contexts outside
formal colonial rule
Category 3: Objects that reflect colonialism
3.1 Conclusion
3.2 Prioritisation when examining collections
4. Background information
4.1 European colonialism: Political, economic and cultural aspects
of early globalisation
4.2 Collection history: The various types of museums and their “(post-)
colonial heritage”
4.3 Provenance research – research sources, methods, possibilities
4.4 Collections from colonial contexts: Legal aspects
5. Recommendations for dealing with collections from colonial contexts
5.1 General recommendations
5.2 Questions and answers
Category 1: Objects from formal colonial rule contexts
Category 2: Objects from colonial contexts outside formal colonial rule
Category 3: Objects that reflect colonialism
Overview of formal colonial rule
Sources and selected further literature
Members of the working group of the German Museums Association

• French = Français
• English = Anglais

• Museums - Collection management - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Musées - Gestion des collections - Guides, manuels, etc.